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Two Good Rube Goldberg Videos
Little Dog vs. Bears Is A Great Video For ELLs
Excellent Examples Of Deliberate Practice To Use With Students
My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is A Very Interesting Conversation About “Grit”
‘It’s Time To Change The Conversation About Grit’
My Latest NY Times Interactive For English Language Learners Is On “El Chapo”
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Two Good Rube Goldberg Videos

Here are two new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Rube Goldberg Machines:

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Little Dog vs. Bears Is A Great Video For ELLs

This would be a great video to show to English Language Learners and then have them describe chronologically what happened.

You might also be interested in The Best Fun Videos For English Language Learners In 2014 – Part Two.

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Excellent Examples Of Deliberate Practice To Use With Students

I regularly talk with students about the concept of “deliberate practice” – see The Best Resources For Learning About The 10,000 Hour Rule & Deliberate Practice.

Here are some new resources I’ll be using in the classroom:

First, the San Francisco Chronicle today published a wonderful article about Stephen Curry headlined Warriors' Stephen Curry has a plan to improve on MVP season. The whole piece is usable in the classroom. Here’s an excerpt:

You might also be interested in one of my previous posts about Curry, "Control Your Destiny": Positive Self-Talk, Students & Stephen Curry.

Here’s an interesting tweet about Mozart’s creative process:

Mozart's mythical creative process vs. his actual creative process. pic.twitter.com/8Zll4bzp62

— Varun Singh (@VarunJuice) September 30, 2015

Speaking of Mozart, check out Lessons on Success and Deliberate Practice from Mozart, Picasso, and Kobe Bryant by James Clear.

Finally, on a related not, read this story from the Associated Press, Serena Williams says US Open match was a win, not a loss.

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My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is A Very Interesting Conversation About “Grit”

“Grit” in the classroom is the topic of my latest BAM! Radio Show. In it, Ebony McGee, Kristi Mraz, Christine Hertz and I have a ten minute conversation on the topic. It’s also the focus of my new three-part series at Education Week.

You can find all my previous shows at All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions.

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‘It’s Time To Change The Conversation About Grit’

‘It’s Time To Change The Conversation About Grit’ is the title of my latest column at Education Week Teacher.

Kristine Mraz, Christine Hertz, Ebony O. McGee, Ron Berger, Thomas Hoerr and Dave Stuart Jr. write about “grit” and what it means, and doesn’t mean, for the classroom. I throw my “two-cents” in, too.

Here are some excerpts:

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My Latest NY Times Interactive For English Language Learners Is On “El Chapo”

My latest student interactive for English Language Learners at The New York Times is on El Chapo’s escape from prison. Students have to determine correct punctuation in a reading passage and then write if they believe he actually used a tunnel to escape.

You can see all my previous Times’ posts at All My NY Times Posts For English Language Learners – Linked With Descriptions.